Mounting for brake gears



Oct. 20, 1925.

s. J. STF-:1Dv

MOUNTING FOR BRAKE GEARS Filed Aug. 5. 1925 v2 Sheets-Sheet 1 oct.20,1925. 1,557,736

s. J. STRID MOUNTING Fon BRAKE anims Filed Aug. 5. 1925' 2 sheets-sheet2 d-raza? 5v5/v JUL ws 577m) Patented Oct. 20, 1925.

UNITED STATES' SVEN J'ULIUS STRID, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASISIGNOR T0FRED MATHEWS, 0F

' CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. I

MONTING son BRAKE ems.

Alipiieation mea August 5, 1925. serial No. 48,426.

To all whom z't may cof/wem:

.Be it known that I, SVEN JULIUs STRID, a citizen of the United States,and .a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,havel invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Mounting forBrake Gears, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, such'as will enable others skilled in the art to make anduse the same.

My present invention relates to means for I mounting a brake operatingear at the end of a Vrailway car, and itghas more particular referenceto a mounting that may be readily attached to a car end-sill ofchannelsection. With the principles of thepresent device the mountingmay bereadily secured to the end-sill whether the channel has itsflanges extending outwardly or inwardly with respect to the car, and themounting structure is firmly braced against the-stress incident to thepull of the take-up chain of the brake-mechanism so that the mountingand gears are notI liable to become loosened or accidentally detached. iI do this by providing an abutment or stop on the casting forming a partof the mounting which stop element contacts the outer surface of the webof the sill and by installing a reinforcement gusset that projectstransversely from the rear of the sill to which inwardly extendingportions of the casting are secured.

I prefer to carry out my invention and to accomplish the several objectsthereof insubstantially the following manner, reference being made tothe accompan ingdrawings that form a part of this specification.

`Figure 1 is a top plan of the mounting structure secured to an end-sillof channel` section with the flanges proj ecting inwardly. Figure 2 is arighta and end View of the structure with the sill in verticaltransverse section. I

Figure 3 is a vertical front view of fthe structure shown in thepreceding figures.

Figure 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing the application of themounting to an end-sill having channel section and with the flangesprojecting outwardly, the sill and gusset being in horizontal/section.

Figure 5 is a right-hand end view of the structure with the sill invertical section and the bottom casting omitted.

Figure 6 is a vertical front view of the mounting detached from thesill. v

The drawings illustrate typical or preferred embodiments of myinvention, and so. far as practicable I have employed similar referencecharacters to designate like parts .wherever the same appear throughoutthc several views.

',The sill at the. end of the car, in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 is a channelbeam with its web 10 vertically disposed and with the lateral top andbottom flanges 11 and 12 extended inwardly or towards the center ofthe'car. Secured to the inner face of this sill and. extendinglongitudinally of the car is a triangular shaped. gusset 13 formed froma metal plate its vertical, horizontal, and inclined edges provided withlateral flanges 14, 15, and 16 respectively, for the purpose ofstrengthening the gusset, said vertical flange 14 being riveted orotherwise secured to the web of the sill and the horizontal flange 15resting upon and extending inwardly from the bottomvflange 12 of thesill.

.The mounting structure in which the gear members are journaledcomprises top and bottom castings that provide bearings for theresepctive rotative members of the gearing. The top casting consists ofa horizontally disposed rectangular shaped plate 17 that sion 20 that isapproximately the length of the horizontal flange 15 of the gusset andis riveted or v otherwise secured to said flange adjacent the inner endthereof. Thus the top castin pull o .the brake gear winding cham, whichexerts a stress longitudinally of the car, and

it is reinforced against tilting by the pro-` vision of the gusset plate13. v

The end edges of the plate 17 are provided with lateral depending flanes 21, 21, that over-lap and are secured to ateral upstanding flanges22,v '22, upon the adjacent end edges of the horizontal plate 23 of thebotis braced against the longitudinalA the channel sill.

tom casting. Formed integral with the plate 28 of the bottom casting isa bracket arm 24 that extends inwardly longitudinally oi the carand in aplane below the plane of the plate 23, as will be seen in Fig. 2 of thedrawings. This bracket arm is parallel with, but slightly lower than,the tapered eX- tension 2O ofthe plate 17 of the top casting and aordstherewith a dependable means `for supporting and journaling one of theelements of the gearing device.v

In Figs. 4, 5, and 6 the web 1,0 of the Sill is vertically disposed butthe lateral top and bottom flanges ll and l2 project outwardly of thecar instead ot' inwardly7 as heretofore described so that it isnecessary to slightly alter the construction of the bracing members. Theplate 17 of the top casting fits. against the under surface-ot' thelower flange 12 of the sill and ysaid plate is provided with a stop orabutment in the form of a shoe 25 that extends longitudinally of theplate and is vertically positioned so as to fit against 'the web of Theshoe has an undercut or recessed portion 26 that is slightly inclinedand is spaced a slight distance from the plate so that the lower flange12 of the sill may be inserted therein as will be se'en in Fig. 5. Theweb of the shoe 25 is riveted or otherwise suitably secured to the webof the sill and there are bracing struts or fins 27 extending from theupper edge portion 'of the shoe in an outward direction along theundercut or recessed portion and on the upper surfacecf the plate 17 soas to strengthen the structure. The gusset 13 and the remaining portionsof the top and botvto'm castings are substantially the same as thecorresponding parts in the first described form of the structure, andtherefore needl nected to said gusset, an upstanding member on saidplate outside said sill and engaged therewith and a bottom castingconnected to Isaid top casting and cooperatlng therewith to mount agearing mechanism between the same.

2. In combination with a car-end sill of channel section, of a gussetsecured to the end-sill and extending tinwardly therefrom longitudinallyof the car, a plate positioned against the lower flange of said sill andextended outwardly beyond t-he vertical plane of the web of the sill, amember projecting from said plate horizontally inwardly of the car andsecured to the gusset, an upstanding stop positioned against the side ofthe sil opposite said gusset, a bottom plate spaced from said top plateand connected therewith, and an arm extending inwardly from said bottomplate and disposed paral- `el with said horizontally projecting mem- 3.A mounting for railwayjcar brakegearing comprising top and bottomcastings, said top casting consisting of a horizontally disposed plate,a tapered extension projecting from' one of the longitudinal edgesthereof, and a stop projecting upwardly from said platel intermediateits sides and end, said extension and stop formed integral with saidplate, said bottom casting consisting of a plate spaced from andconnecting with the first named plate, and an integral bracket armprojecting from one of the longitudinal edges thereof and positionedparallel and below the extension of said top plate.

4. In a mounting for railway car, brakegearing la plate of substantiallyrectangularshape adapted to be secured to the lower edges of the carend-sill, an integral extension projecting from one of the longitudinaledges of said plate and extending inf y' wardly of the sill, and anintegral stop projeeting from the platev in a lane at an angle to theplane of said extension.

Signed at Chicago, in the county of Cook, and State of Illinois,`this7th day of July,

SVEN JULIUS STRID.

